Stop Surviving. Start Thriving!
Welcome to Thrive: Personal Health & Fitness! My name is Mike Roberts. I am a Personal Trainer and Health Coach. I started Thrive after spending a year with Beachbody workouts. If you look at “My Story”, you can read about how these workouts have changed my life, and not just physically. It has been an amazing journey form that first day in December 2009! It has been a journey of regaining my life balance, reclaiming my work-life balance, and finding my equilibrium of body, mind, and...
Coenzyme Q10
May 16, 2011 – Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) was unknown to me before I read Tony Horton’s book, “Bring It!”. In some surveys, CoQ10 is the third most used supplement. So lets have a primer on CoQ10 and what it can do for you. What is CoQ10 and where can it found...
Fish Oil & Omega-3
May 15, 2011 – Fish Oil is the second most popular supplement in the U.S. to multivitamins. However, I just saw one study that said it actually surpassed multivitamins last year. It is derived from the tissues of oily fish and contains Omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid...
Post-Workout Recovery D...
May 14, 2011 – Another day. Another Supplement. Yes, this is the week of Supplements. Today, we are talking about Post-Workout Recovery Drinks. I have done a comprehensive review of the P90X Results & Recovery Drink, so please refer back to that HERE. However, what I wanted to...
L-Glutamine
May 12, 2011 – When I first started P90x, the only supplement I had ever taken was a multivitamin. The use of supplements was completely foreign to me. Are these drugs? Are they safe? What do I use them for? I would look inside a GNC and have no clue what any of this stuff was. I...
Creatine
May 11, 2011 – When I first started P90x, the only supplement I had ever taken was a multivitamin. The use of supplements was completely foreign to me. Are these drugs? Are they safe? What do i use them for? I would look inside a GNC and have no clue what any of this stuff was. I...
Motivation
May 10, 2011 – I am going to take a break today and let Tony and Shaun T do the talking. How do these guys stay motivated? And what advice can they give us to stay motivated? Click on their pictures below to find...
From Farm to Fork
May 8, 2011 – This is Part III of my blog series that has been inspired by NourishLife.org. If you have not read Part I, entitled “Nourishment”, CLICK HERE or Part II, entitled “Food & Health, CLICK HERE. Today’s topic is FROM FARM TO FORK....
Food & Health
May 7, 2011 – This is Part II of my blog series that has been inspired by NourishLife.org. If you have not read Part I, entitled “Nourishment”, CLICK HERE. Today’s topic is FOOD & HEALTH. These two things are symbiotic in almost every way. Our health is...
Nourishment
May 5, 2011 – I stumbled upon a phenomenal website today at NourishLife.org. There is a wealth of information on this site that has sparked all sorts of new blog topics for me to give my perspective on. Hence, I will be starting a multi-part blog on different topics addressed here....
Get a Check Up!
May 4, 2011 – So this is a little bit of a public service announcement, but given this is a blog about health and fitness, it is an important message. If you haven’t had a physical recently, GET ONE! One of the things that woke me up to the trend I was heading down was seeing...
Ultimate Asylum Workshe...
May 1, 2011 – As we start out the Insanity ASYLUM Challenge, I have spent alot of time creating the best ASYLUM workout sheets I know how to. These sheets allow you to see how each workout is organized and hence understand the methadology behind how each one was constructed. I...
Asylum-Game Day Preview
April 30, 2011 – I am doing a dry run of all the Insanity Asylum workouts before our May 1 ASYLUM CHALLENGE start. I will do a full Insanity Asylum Review after my 30 days, but I want to provide my initial impressions. GAME DAY is very reminiscent of Insanity’s Max Interval...
Asylum Nutrition Plan
April 29, 2011 – No matter how hard the workouts are, I find that the hardest part of a program for most people is the nutrition plan. This is a critical component in what I call the “3-legged stool”: exercise, supplements, and nutrition. Asylum comes with its own...
Asylum-Overtime Preview
April 28, 2011 – I am doing a dry run of all the Insanity Asylum workouts before our May 1 ASYLUM CHALLENGE start. I will do a full Insanity Asylum Review after my 30 days, but I want to provide my initial impressions. OVERTIME is tough enough as a stand alone workout. But this is a...
Pay It Forward
April 27, 2011 – Most of us on Team Right Now are people who have decided to make health and fitness a priority. Most of us have undergone some type of transformation and have made what were at first very difficult changes into our daily habits. We have now inherited a...
P90X and Running
April 26, 2011 As many of you know, I am training for a 10 mile run at the end of May. The longest race I have ever run is an 8K. So I am doubling my longest distance run. So what’s my plan? Read on… Running has always been my exercise of choice prior to finding P90x. However,...
Asylum-Relief Preview
April 25, 2011 – I am doing a dry run of all the Insanity Asylum workouts before our May 1 ASYLUM CHALLENGE start. I will do a full Insanity Asylum Review after my 30 days, but I want to provide my initial impressions. RELIEF is a very welcome workout after pounding away at your...
Asylum-Back to Core Pre...
April 23 , 2011 – I am doing a dry run of all the Insanity Asylum workouts before our May 1 ASYLUM CHALLENGE start. I will do a full Insanity Asylum Review after my 30 days, but I want to provide my initial impressions. BACK TO CORE is a very unique workout. It is unlike anything I...
Asylum-Vertical Plyo Pr...
April 22 , 2011 – I am doing a dry run of all the Insanity Asylum workouts before our May 1 ASYLUM CHALLENGE start. I will do a full Insanity Asylum Review after my 30 days, but I want to provide my initial impressions. Let me tell you about my first time through VERTICAL PLYO....
Asylum-Strength Preview
April 21 , 2011 – I am doing a dry run of all the Insanity Asylum workouts before our May 1 ASYLUM CHALLENGE start. I will do a full Insanity Asylum Review after my 30 days, but I want to provide my initial impressions. I think I can speak for most Insanity graduates by saying that...
Asylum-Speed & Agi...
April 20 , 2011 – I am doing a dry run of all the Insanity Asylum workouts before our May 1 ASYLUM CHALLENGE start. I will do a full Insanity Asylum Review after my 30 days, but I want to provide my initial impressions. To use another Insanity name, SPEED & AGILITY is Fast &...
Power Stands for P90X
April 19, 2011 – I’ll start by saying that I am a big believer in push-up stands. I had some symptoms of carpel tunnel syndrome a few years back so I am very sensitive about strain on my wrists. With the amount of push-ups we are cranking out in these workouts, I need...
P90X-Medicine Balls
April 18, 2011 – For anyone that has been doing Tony Horton One-on-Ones, you know that he loves to play with unstable surfaces by using balls. (You can check out my reviews of Volume 1 and Volume 3 to see which workouts require balls.) We know from Volume3 MC2 and from from the...
ASYLUM Unboxing!
April 17, 2011 – I want to show all of you MY unboxing of Insanity:The Asylum. I bought the basic kit as I didn’t need another pull-up bar. However, to see all the variants, check it out HERE. So check out my video and if you feel pumped up, JOIN US in the ASYLUM CHALLENGE! It...
Support Team Salute
April 16, 2011 – I am running two of my races this year for a phenomenal organization called SALUTE. Both my 10 Mile Soldier Field Run and Chicago Triathalon will be to raise funds for this organization. My sister is a member of Salute and has introduced me to the wonderful people...
Core Synergistics: MC2 ...
April 16, 2011 – The One on One, Vol3 Discs just keep coming month after month. Here is my review of Disc 9, Core Synergistics: MC2 with some insight into Disc 10. You can read my full One on One, Vol3 review HERE. You can also download the One on One, Vol 3 worksheets, including...
Bring It On!
April 14, 2011 – “Bring It!” It is the rallying call of P90xers everywhere! But have you thought about what it means to you? As I have said numerous times, those who start P90x are looking for something. They want to change their current trajectory. They want to dig down,...
Asylum Challenge
April 13, 2011 – Our upline coach Wayne Wyatt is calling us all to action for an Asylum Challenge. As you may know, Wayne leads up teamRIPPED. You can see his challenge HERE or I have pasted it below. So what do you say team, are you ready for the challenge? This is serious stuff....
P90X-A Spiritual Journe...
April 11, 2011 – Our well-being is a balance of so many elements. Internal and external forces are constantly challenging us and without a strong foundation, we can feel tossed around like a small ship in a storm.. I have always believed in (4) critical cornerstones to my...
Triathalon Training wit...
April 10, 2011 – If you have been following my newsletters, you know that I have finally decided to do a triathalon this year. This is something I have aspired to do for probably 10 years. I have been active for most of my life. Its part of who I am which is why I grabbed at fitness...
Insanity Asylum Now Ava...
April 8, 2011 – Well, boys and girls the wait is over! Insanity – The Asylum is here to order!! I have all the details below. I have pulled as much detail below from Beachbody’s documentation as possible. There is a BASE kit and a DELUXE kit. The DELUXE kit adds the...
The Brains Behind P90x
April 7, 2011 – I love being a coach so much because I love success stories. Everyone who does these programs is a success story. Everyone has different struggles and obstacles that they had to overcome to get to where they are today. Below is the story behind how Beachbody was...
Asylum – Strength
April 7, 2011 – Okay, If you liked the preview to Asylum – Vertical Plyo, here is some more to wet your appetite. Asylum – Strength. My biggest compliant about Asylum was that there was not enough resistance training. That is unless you bought the Upper Body Weight...
Shakeology in O Magazin...
April 6, 2011 – Wow! You want to talk about an article that says it all. This is it! O Magazine’s editor in chief follows Darin Olien, co-creator of Shakeolgy, to the places he goes to find his ingredients. There is something so wholesome and right about this. I have used...
Asylum – Vertical...
April 5, 2011 – Our man Steve Edwards is back to give us a preview of one of the Insanity Asylum workouts: Vertical Plyo. I dont have much else to say other than I am seriously scared! We will find out how tight we need to put on the straight jacket in the Asylum later this month!...
Killer at Large –...
April 5, 2011 – Over this past weekend, I saw the documentary “Killer at Large”. Fundamentally, this is a story about how obesity is killing us in America. As you may know, Beachbody’s mission is to help end the trend of obesity and it is something that is the...
Insanity Asylum Preview...
April 3, 2011 – Well, Q1 is over and where is Asylum? Not on my doorstep, that’s for sure. So, what’s the deal? Well, the latest information is that it will now be released in mid April which is only a couple of weeks away. The reported retail price is $89.95 and there...
Shakeology Ingredients
April 2, 2011 – I remember the first time I looked on the supplement’s portion of Beachbody’s website, I saw Shakeology as the best selling product. But I thought it was only for those looking to lose weight. After a month or so of seeing this product consistently ranked...
Ultimate P90x Worksheet...
April 1, 2011 – We have alot of new members starting P90x within the past 30 days. As I looked back on the material Beachbody provides, the place I believe they feel short was with the workout sheets. Looking back on my 1st 90 days, I had stuff written in the margins and on the...
Consistency
March 31, 2011 – Consistency is one truth that I really believe in. Consistency is also one of Tony’s 11 Laws of Exercise and he does a great job explaining his take on it below. However, I want to insert my take as well. Success has come to me in my life when I have been...
Resistance Bands
March 28, 2011 – Resistance Bands can take a bad rap. Many people feel that to get “real results” you need dumb bells. Well, there were people in the P90x test group that went the whole way through the program with the bands and got shredded. I used resistance bands...
Insanity Asylum Preview...
March 28, 2011 – Our friend Steve Edwards is now blogging about something much closer to hitting our doorstep than P90X2. It is Insanity 2, or The Asylum. The original target date for this program was March, but it looks like this will slip into April. Here is a little bit about the...
P90X2 – It’...
March 22, 2011 – Well ever since the sequel to P90x was discussed, the name was always a big debate. When Tony’s One-on-One, Volume 3 came out, MC2 (Muscle Confusion 2) was born as the tentative name. I was a little worried as people have enough of a hard time remembering what...
P90x: MC2 Preview 7
May 22, 2011 – This will be the last blog from Steve Edwards on the P90x sequel. It is time to go into post production and hence all will go dark until the release we all cant wait for. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It’s A Wrap! The next great...
Healthy Fats!
March 22, 2011 – If you haven’t memorized the (5) key things that are the core ingredients to a healthy diet, I will review them again. 1) Whole Grains 2) Fruits 3) Vegetables 4) Lean Proteins 5) Healthy Fats Healthy Fats? Yes, healthy fats. If you were like me, you have no...
My Power 90 Review
March 20, 2011 – P90x (or Power 90 eXtreme) changed my life, but I wanted to go back to the beginning. I wanted to try the original. “The Empire Strikes Back” is arguably better than “A New Hope”, but that doesn’t mean the original is not great in...
P90x: MC2 Equipment Pre...
March 15, 2011 – Steve Edwards takes us through the new equipment in P90x:MC2, although he states that everything can be modified for a hotel room with no major equipment required. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Stuff Of Mc2 “What do you people...
V-Sculpt Review (1-on-1...
March 14, 2011 – The One on One, Vol3 Discs just keep coming month after month. Here is my review of Disc 8, V-Sculpt with some insight into Disc 9 and 10. You can read my full One on One, Vol3 review here. You can also download the One on On, Vol 3 worksheets, including V-Sculpt,...
P90x: MC2 Preview 6
March 14, 2011 – Well P90x:MC2 is well on into production now. Rehearsals are completed for the workouts and production is actually complete on some as well. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P90X: MC2 Rehearsals We just wrapped shooting day 1 of P90x...
Get Bring It! FREE!
March 3, 2011 – For anyone who has read my “Bring It!” book review and would like to get a copy for FREE, listen up! Based on the pure number of emails I get, I know more people struggle with nutrition and supplements than with the workouts. Looking back now, I was at a...
My Bring It Book Review
February 28, 2011 – The minute I heard about Tony’s book, it was the first thing on my Christmas list. I was so excited to receive it Christmas morning (See picture on the right!) P90x started as a “I’ll give it a try” purchase and ended up being a lifestyle...
My UPDATED P90x Peak Pe...
February 27, 2011 – This is a quick update on the P90x Peak Performance Bar Review. Beachbody has gone and improve the formula recently and I want to ensure you were all made aware of what has changed! – The sugar content has been lowered. (9 grams of sugar has been...
My UPDATED P90X Results...
February 27, 2011 – This is a quick update on the P90x Results & Recovery Review. Beachbody has gone and improve the formula recently and I want to ensure you were all made aware of what has changed! – The formula now contains dextrose as the sugar as opposed to fructose....
My Pre-Workout Suppleme...
January 17, 2012 Update – You can also ready my Energy & Endurance Pre-Workout Review HERE. This is what I am currently taking as I have since stopped the NO2 Red. February 27, 2011 – I have tried various pre-workout supplements over the past 5-6 months. To be clear...
P90x: MC2 Preview 5
February 24, 2011 Steve Edwards keeps us drooling for MC2 by unveiling a little bit more… Love the picture of Arnie! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P90X: Muscle Confusion Two This ain’t your granddaddy’s weight training program. It’s too...
P90x: MC2 Preview 4
February 24, 2011 More from our man Steve Edwards. Today’s topic. Plyocide! As you know, there is a P90x One-on-One in Volume 3 by the same name. You can read about my take on this disc in my Volume 3 review here. I thought the way they did the Plyo was great. However from...
P90x MC2: Preview 3
February 19, 2011 – More from Beachbody fitness guru Steve Edwards on P90x:MC2. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P90X MC2 Core: The Opening Engagement I’m not necessarily going to post these workouts in sequence but mc2 Core is going to be the...
P90x MC2: Preview 2
February 19, 2011 – More from Beachbody fitness guru Steve Edwards on P90x:MC2. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Previewing P90X MC2 Last weekend Tony Horton, Steve Holmsen, and I put the final touches on the mc2 workouts. Today we begin our cast...
P90x – The Reason...
February 17, 2011 – Team, today is the day of the world premier of the new P90x Infomercial. I love the transformation stories. Going through this myself and making my own transformation video, I can personally verify that this system works! It changed my life and it has changed...
P90x MC2: Preview 1
February 17, 2011 – So, Beachbody fitness guru Steve Edwards posted some goodies on the science going into P90x:MC2. I can’t even tell you how pumped I am. Here is a great quote and why i believe Beachbody is the BEST in the health / fitness industry: “Programs are all...
P90x 1-on-1 Hybrid
February 16, 2011 – I was at my one year anniversary. I had completed P90x, P90x Plus, and Insanity by the book and in their entirety. I tried my 1st Hybrid creating a focus on Upper Body. (For my Hybrid I – Upper Body Blaster review, click here.) So, now what? As you create...
My Shakeology 3-Day Cle...
February 16, 2011 – I first started taking Shakeology in June 2010. (See my review here.) It has without a doubt become the most important supplement I take every day. If you are new to Shakeology, head over to Shakeology Corner to learn more. I have a ton of printed material and...
Yummy Veggie Burrito
February 15, 2011 – One of my biggest challenges when I changed my diet was trying new foods. I had been eating the same way for 33 years. It’s hard to change and frankly you aren’t sure what to eat, how much to eat, what not to eat, etc. It can be exhausting. So I am...
My One on One, Volume 3...
February 10, 2011 – I recently gave a comprehensive and complete review of Tony Horton’s 1-on-1 Volume. I cannot do that for Volume 3 yet, because they are still coming out. As of now, 8 of the 12 discs have been sent out. However, I just received the 8th disc today so while I...
Head Trash
February 8, 2011 – Have you ever had one of those days when negative thoughts seem to permeate everything coming into your head? Maybe you didn’t have a great workout or you catch every red light or you feel overwhelmed or frankly everything just seems to be working against...
Beachbody Growth!
Feburary 7, 2011 – Think that Beachbody’s mission of ending the tend of obesity with hard work, exercise, and eating right is a fad? Here are (2) great articles from CNBC and (1) from the LA Business Journal. Two of the articles were written in January 2011 and one was...
My One on One, Volume 1...
January 17, 2011 – So what is Tony Horton One on One? How does this differ from P90x and P90x Plus? One on One is an unscripted workout with you and Doc Horton. There are no other people working out with him. It is just you and him (and his trusty cameraman Mason Bendewald from...
Yoga – Fountain o...
January 15, 2011 – This is always an interesting topic to discuss with P90xers. It seems to be completely binary. People either love it or hate it. Tony Horton has been very vocal about his passion for Yoga and has said that if there were only one exercise he could do, it would be...
Tapping In
January 9, 2011 – One of the things that Yoga really taught me is to focus. As Tony says, “Get rid of the garbage that is happening before and after and focus on the present moment.” We are bombarded everyday with so much information in so many ways; it is hard to survive...
Shaun T Asks: Are You I...
January 1, 2011 – Great Post to start out the new year. Good Article from ShaunT talking about Insanity. There is cool clip of him on “Tyra” showing off some of the moves on Insanity! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Click here for the original source article. Shaun T...
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